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Saturday, April 30, 2011

JustRite For You

Hello to everyone! I sure hope your are all having a wonderful start to your weekend! I spent this morning with 3 of my grandchildren while Mom and Dad put some finishing touches on a new pool. Ohhh gosh I swear the little ones grow overnight! We just saw them Easter Sunday and I know the new baby has changed in just a week! Well I did get to finish up a card that I had started so I thought I would share it with you today. The nested frames and sentiment are from JustRite...Victorian Nested Frames and Occassions set. I don't have the special nestabilities to go with the set so I had to cut my nested shapes out by hand. The white lacy border is one of the MS punch around the page punch sets and the pink background layer I had embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. Then, I went to work on framing that all out with some flowers! The leaves in this creation were an SVG cut file from my friend Penny Duncan..,and the "ferny" type leaves are the MS punch I have used lately for my flowers. The flowers I punched with a Marvy punch...touched them with a little Momento Angel Pink ink and shaped them with my stylus. I added some "bling" in the middle of each flower and then added the gorgeous pink butterfly which I had purchased from Pizzazz Aplenty! Well I am off to church and then maybe will get some much needed visiting in a little later tonight. I want to take a moment to thank each of you who have so kindly left me some lovely comments over the last few days...it means a lot to me and I love reading your feedback. Have a great night!

HUGS!
Vicki

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Time for Squigglefly!

Well I did get to play a little last night...and I was wanting a sentiment...so I went to my Squigglefly stash and found the perfect one for the card I created! The sentiment is one created by Jess Holland. I love her sentiments. Well, this creation is a little out of the ordinary for me...LOTS going on! I am usually pretty clean and simple but this card was just a little "not me". The label I used to mat the sentiment is from a set called Marquee Labels by Clear Dollar Stamps. I cut the oval center out on my cricut. The swirls in the corners are Sticko stickers from EK Success. Now those fancy adornments on the top and bottom of the label is actually one of the new Fancy Tags Three Nestabilities cut in half. Might be a bit much. I thought I would add a few flowers to the side of the label..they were cut with punches and layered...with a black flat pearl from Pizzazz Aplenty in the center of each. I added a little Diamond Stickles to the label to set it off a bit...Ohhhh and the white layer is embossed with an SU folder. So....what you think? Little toooooo busy? The more I looked at it the more I liked it...but the jury is still out! Thanks for taking a peek...I would love to know your thoughts...Hope you have a great day planned...I hope we get out of our rain pattern here...or I am going to have to call in the ark! Have a blessed day and I will be by to see each of you later!

HUGS!
Vicki

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Happy News!

Hello all! I just dropped in to tell you that I have been selected to join a new DT! YIPEE!!! I will begin designing for Fred She Said in a few days! I am so excited to join their talented team and to be able to work with Tracey's fabulous images! Be sure to stop in and check us out! Hope you have all had a good couple of days! I hope to be back with a new creation tomorrow!
HUGS!
Vicki

Monday, April 25, 2011

Fred She Said "I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH"

Hello!!!! Surprise...it's NOT an Easter card! Bet you are breathing a sigh of relief! Now mind you, I do have some Easter cards I created that did not get posted....sooooo you never know when they may pop up! I did get to play a little tonight and just had to show you this creation. I fell in love with this pre-colored image from Fred She Said...I love you this much. Isn't she just gorgeous? I thought this might make a nice Mother's Day card. My mother passed about 8 years ago so I have no one to give it to but I do sell my cards so I am sure this one will go quickly! I created the red base of this card and the flowers using cardstock from Pizzazz Aplenty. This paper is just so so soft...like suede soft. The white frame was created using a MS punch around the page punch and the center of it was cut out using Nesties Classic Scalloped Squares Large...which was also used to cut out the red layer. And, I am proud to say I made the flowers! I used a punch and layered several flowers together for the big flower and then just a small single flower for the others. Each flower has a rhinestone center from Pizzazz Aplenty. The leaves of the flower were punched using a MS punch. Here is a close up of the flowers:
Well, have to get to bed! Morning will be here before I know it. I hope your day was a wonderful one. Thank you very much for stopping by to see what I have been up to...I truly appreciate it and always look forward to reading your comments. I will be by to see all of you sometime tomorrow!

HUGS!
Vicki

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to each and every one of you! Today I wanted to share my last two Easter cards with you.  I bet you are saying..FINALLY she is done with those Easter cards! LOL I actually have more but won't bore you with them. My first card today was created using an image from Phindy's Place called Easter Joy and is for my 2 year old grandson:
I colored the image with Copics, added some diamond stickles for some sparkle. I stippled some ink on the background of the image after cutting it out with the Spellbinders Label 10. To get the green layer of the nestie, I traced over the outside of the die on my green cardstock and then cut that out by hand. The white background layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder. OHHH and one last touch...I just had to add a cotton tail!
For my last card, I used an image from the Doodle Pantry called Easter Bunny and it is for my 3 year old grandson. This image came pre-colored! I added the sentiment to the image...it was part of the Easter Bunny package...along with the background paper! The only thing I added to the image was some diamond stickles to the eggs in the bunny's basket! The border across the card was created with a MS punch and then I threaded some green and white Baker's Twine from Pizzazz Aplenty through the holes. Rather clean and simple but I think it turned out just swell. Well I am off to start my day...having my children for breakfast this morning so I have to get hoppin here! Thank you for stopping in to see me and I hope your day is full of fun and family! Happy Easter to all!

HUGS!
Vicki